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SOUTH RUSSIAN OVCHARKA
Country of origin: Russia
FCI Standard No: 326

The Ovcharka of meridional Russia is a dog of robust constitution, of above average size; he is fierce and distrustful of strangers, not very demanding and adept easily to diverse climatic conditions and temperatures.

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GENERAL APPEARANCE:
Robust, lean, with massive bone structure and a strongly developed musculature

TEETH:
White, big, fitting closely. The incisors are set regularly and close in scissor bite.

FAULTS: Teeth to small and spaced, yellow or prematurely worn. Broken teeth but not impeding a correct closure of the jaws. Lack of premolars.
MAJOR FAULTS: Everything which does not correspond to a perfect closure of the teeth in scissor bite. Decayed

FEET (FRONT AND BACK):
Oval shaped, strong, well arched, covered with long hair.

FAULTS: Flat feet, splayed feet.

GAIT / MOVEMENT:
The gaits are free and extended. The natural gaits of this dog are the heavy trot and the gallop. At the trot, the legs move in a straight line with a slight convergence to the median line. The articulations of the fore- and hindquarters straightening up freely.

FAULTS: Slight lateral deviation in the movement of the legs; insufficient straightening up of the articulations.
SEVERE FAULTS: Restrained gait, lack in action.

COAT:
Hair long 10-15 cm, coarse, thick, dense of equal length on head, chest, legs and tail, with a well developed undercoat.

FAULT: Straight hair.
SEVERE FAULTS: Soft texture, short hair.

COLOUR:
Most often white but also white and yellow, straw colour, greyish (ashen grey) and other shades of grey; white lightly marked with grey, grey speckled.

SEVERE FAULTS: Black, rusty or brown coat; strongly speckled.

HEIGHT AT THE WITHERS:
Males 65 cm minimum
Females 62 cm minimum.

FAULTS: Size of less than 65 cm for the males, less than 62 cm for the females.
SEVERE FAULTS: Size of less than 60 cm for the males, less than 58 cm. for the females.

(Amplification: The total body length from the front point of shoulder to the rearmost projection of the croup should exceed the dog's height at withers by 8% to 10%. The animal gives a definite impression of masculinity or femininity, according to sex. Dogs are generally bigger and heavier.

FAULT: Doggy bitches.
SEVERE FAULT: Bitchy dogs.)

(Amplification: TAIL:
Low set, long, falling at rest, reaching the hock joints, with the end curved upward. Lifted up to the top line level when the dog is excited. Often the tail end is curled in a ring with the last 2-3 vertebrae joined together.

(Amplification: FOREQUARTERS: Front legs are straight, parallel, relatively long. The angle formed by the shoulder bone and upper arm bone is about 100 degrees. Pasterns are strong, wide and long, with a slight slant. (lichte welving of helling)

FAULTS:
Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault is regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree.

ELIMINATING FAULTS:

Everything which does not correspond to a correct closure of jaws in scissor bite.
Hair short and straight
All the shades of the coat which have not been taken into consideration in the present standard.

NOTE:
Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.